Does Microsoft Office run in Crossover/Wine/Playonlinux?

Question

I'm a student so I kinda need full compatibility with Microsoft Office Documents for school. I was wondering if Office will run without major problems in Crossover, Wine, or playonlinux?

Solution

It depends what version of wine and Office you are trying to use. The wine app database is a great resource for finding information on what runs well in wine and what doesn't. According to the Office Installer db entry, the installers for 2000 through 2007 work reasonably well and the 32 bit version of 2010. Anything after that runs like "garbage" in wine. After checking the installer there are different entries for each of the different components of Office.

Word - Excel - PowerPoint - Access - FrontPage - Outlook - OneNote - Publisher - Project - Visio - Schedule+ - Groove

One thing to note about these entries is that they are based on subjective reviews. That being said, they are the best resource for this sort of thing and I usually find them to be pretty accurate.